Muncie animal shelter is 'in critical need,' offering $20 adoptions

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The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

The Muncie Animal Care and Services facility is offering $20 adoptions through the end of May. The deal has contributed to dozens of adoptions occurring within the last week. (Photo11: Jordan Kartholl / Star Press)Buy Photo

MUNCIE, Ind. — Muncie Animal Care and Services announced Wednesday it's in critical need for adoptive and foster homes to assist in the placement of the animals housed at the facility.

"We always see an influx of animals taken in around this time of year," shelter director Phil Peckinpaugh said in a release. "But 2018 appears to be record-breaking."

Muncie's animal shelter receives approximately 22 animals per 1,000 people residing in Delaware County, according to the release.

Peckinpaugh said the shelter will fight the jump in intake by discounting adoption fees to $20 for all animals at the facility. The offer will start Friday, May 18, and continue through the end of the month. Peckinpaugh added that the community has helped the shelter avoid euthanasia for overcrowding in past years, but the shelter is facing a serious threat of it now.

"I cannot recall a time that the threat of euthanasia for overcrowding was more real than where we stand today," Peckinpaugh said.

Included with adoption, all animals are vaccinated, sterilized and microchipped and have undergone age-appropriate medical testing, according to the release.

For more information on how to adopt or foster, contact the MACS at 765-747-4851. Hours of operation to socialize, volunteer or adopt are 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, as well as 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. (The facility closes daily noon-1 p.m. for lunch.)